Object:
gold jewelry and a placard with the letters G-O-L-D
spelled out
Good morning. I love the look of solid gold. Gold is beautiful
and valuable. People spend many hours of many days panning for
gold in the cold mountain streams where gold nuggets might be
found. Companies build large mines that go deep into the earth to
find gold. We wear gold jewelry and put gold on things that are
important to us. Gold is expensive and beautiful.
Peter reminds his readers that their faith is more important,
more "precious" than gold. What is faith? (Let them answer.)
Faith is trusting in God. That is not always easy to do. When we